Ati problem instaling drivers on vista

ShadyGame

Hi...
Ihave a Ati Radeon Hd 2600 pro 512 mb...and befora i had windows xp..i had installed that drivers that cames in the cd and ok...running perfect..
Now i changed to vista..downloaded the last catalyst (7.12)[Because the drivers that came in the cd are for xp) and instaled in the folder ati technologies..after install i come to the folder and its empty...when i try to unistall only says that is instaled ATI Catalyst Install Manager Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable 32bit
Avivo
..no catalyst center and no drivers...

What i do??help..
i want to have my graphic card among directx10 from vista...

please help me..i have looking for omega drivers to vista but they are not avaible yet..

temeteus82

Hi there and welcome to DriverHeaven!

The newest ati/amd drivers just leaves the installation manager on the uninstall programs menu. Do you have ati icon in the taskbar? And does the Catalyst Control Center folder show up in the All Programs meny in start menu?

ShadyGame

I have the ati install manager on the unistall programs menu..but i dont have the catalyst control center folder in all programs and no icon in the task bar from the catalyst..when i make the full installation he only installs that files that i have mentioned before..when i try to install the drivers manaully goin to the folder where they were extracted...C:\ati\package\driver\display driver and i install it..it starts ati install manager and starts installing and in the end says installation sucefull but when i see the log the only files that have instaled is that ones the i have said...it says that installs but it dont installs..i have tryed catalyst 7.9 and 7.12 and dont work..all the same probelm..
its easier to install on xp..damn...i hope you or somebody can help me...=/
Thanks

temeteus82

Ok, your card is PCI-E card? since the drivers has some issues with AGP cards.
And you have removed the drivers using the ati installation utility's uninstall feature??

ShadyGame

Its agp...i have removed the drivers with the unistall feature yes...i have unistalled all for sure...befora i had downloaded them for vista i had installed the ones that come in the cd that are for xp..with them i can play all that.but the performeance isnt good and i want to update them...but cant run the catalyst because its says that i have to update the drivers..
i have unistalled the graphic card form the device manager now im with vga...

Dyre Straits

With an AGP card, you will need to use CATALYST drivers 7.5 or 7.6 or possibly the latest Omegadrivers.

There are known issues with AGP cards on all other versions beginning with driver 7.7. So, do NOT try to install any drivers from 7.7 - 7.12. The latest Omegadrivers are based on 7.12 but use an older file to -- in some cases -- make AGP to work.

Good luck!

ShadyGame

Thanks for the help homies..im gonna download CATALYST 7.6 and then i tell ya if it work or not...
Look Dyre Straits i have searched for omega drivers..the problem is they werent released for vista...in the homepage its says avaible soon or something like that...
anyway thanks for tha help..im gonna post the results here...
but catalyst 7.6 suports my graphic card?

ohhh.
i have downloaded 7.6 and still the same problem..what i do now??

ShadyGame

well..no solution..i have downloaded omega drivers for xp and installed them in vista..they work but alot of problems..i wonder if that gonna take too long to they release the ati omega drivers for vista...

Dyre Straits

All we know is that Omegadriver is working on a version for Vista. But, there's no ETA on when they'll be ready.

ShadyGame

Ok..thanks you all for tha help...Yo OmegaDriver hurry up man..i need that..lol...